1988-06 · NASA ASRS report 89391
CPR SMT UNABLE TO MEET CROSSING RESTRICTION DUE TO LATE DESCENT CLRNC.
IT WAS LIKE ANY OTHER HAYRIDE FOR THE COWBOY PLT--EXCEPT FOR HIS HAVING TO BABYSIT ME. HE WAS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE; BUT BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT AFTER FINISHING OFF HIS 20TH SMOKE. I WAS HAPPY TO BE HEADING HOME. OUR COCKPIT PROFESSIONALISM WAS DETERIORATING 3 TIMES AS FAST AS OUR 3 LEGS. SWIRLS OF SMOKE WOUND THEIR WAY AROUND ME DRAMATIZING THE ENTRAPMENT THAT I NOW BEGAN TO FEEL. AT 75 MI N OF OUR DEST WE ASKED CENTER FOR A LOWER. AT 55 MI N; WE WERE FINALLY CLRED TO DSND AND CROSS 35 MI N AT 10000'. I LOOKED OVER AT PLT AND ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED ME TO TELL THEM THAT WE COULDN'T MAKE IT. IN HIS USUAL MANNER (LIKE A HORSE GOING TO WATER) HE TOSSED HIS HEAD BACK AND BLURTED OUT; 'WATCH ME.' WELL; WE TUMBLED OVER AND JOLTED AROUND; IN AND OUT OF THE CUMULUS WITH THE BARBER POLE STANDING UP AGAINST THE SPD NEEDLE. I STIFFLY PUSHED BACK INTO MY SEAT AND MUMBLED SOMETHING ABOUT MANEUVERING SPD; GNDSPD AND TIME FROM OUR XING RESTRICTION; ETC--ALL IGNORED. TWO MI FROM OUR XING POINT AND BARRELLING ON THROUGH; IT DAWNED ON ME THAT NOBODY CARED ABOUT THE PROB EXCEPT ME. I CALLED CENTER TO TELL THEM THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RESTRICTION AND THEY GAVE US A VECTOR AND FURTHER DSCNT CLRNC. SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE DEPRESSURIZED WITH A RUSH AND A BUMP. I CALLED APCH. NOT REALLY BEING MUCH OF A COWGIRL TYPE; I DECIDED THAT I HAD BEEN RIDING THIS BRONCO LONG ENOUGH. I TOLD PHX THAT WE NEEDED TO DIVERT FOR A SICK PAX AND CANCELLED IFR. THE PAX WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS SICK. SOLUTION: HOPEFULLY I WON'T RUN INTO A TRIP WITH A PLT LIKE THIS AGAIN. I MOST LIKELY WILL; THOUGH; AND ABOVE ALL; IN THE FUTURE I WILL TRUST MY JUDGEMENT BETTER AND NOT ALLOW MYSELF TO BE INTIMIDATED AND LED INTO A SITUATION SUCH AS THIS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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